Median list price
$622,500
For-sale active inventory
Price / sq ft
$389
Across active listings
Active inventory
278
On the market right now
Median days on market
58
Well-priced units move faster
✦ Computed live from MIAMI MLS active inventory · refreshed every few hours · updated July 24, 2026
Market pulse
How Liberty City is trading
Median asking price by month listed, plus how active inventory splits — all live from MIAMI MLS active listings (not closed sales).
Median list price, by month listed
12-mo avg-46.6%
Median list, recent vs. earlier
$800,034
12-month average
278
For-sale listings
What's on the market, by price
Share of active for-sale inventory
By the numbers
Inside Liberty City, by ZIP
Each pocket of Liberty City trades at its own price and pace — here's how its ZIP codes compare on live for-sale inventory.
Recently sold in Liberty City (2)
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The insider read
What Liberty City actually is
Liberty City is the inland sister to Overtown. The community emerged in the 1930s when the federal government built Liberty Square (1937) as the first major federally-funded public housing project in the Southeastern United States, a flagship of Roosevelt’s New Deal public-housing program. The complex’s distinctive orange-and-brown color scheme — visible from blocks away in the original 1937 buildings — earned the community-name nickname “the Pork ‘n’ Beans” that persists today, woven into local hip-hop + community vernacular. Liberty City sits roughly between NW 54th Street to the south, NW 79th Street to the north, NW 7th Avenue to the east, and NW 22nd Avenue to the west — in zip codes 33147 + 33142.
For real estate, Liberty City is the most fundamentally complicated market in Miami-Dade for entry-tier buyers — extraordinary historical significance, active community-led redevelopment, and pricing that reflects undervaluation. Median single-family ~$325K — among the most affordable real urban Miami-Dade markets. The housing stock is dominated by 1940s-1960s small bungalows + concrete-block ranches + duplexes + the historic Liberty Square public housing complex (now under HOPE VI / Choice Neighborhoods redevelopment as Liberty Square Rising), with 1970s-1990s apartment buildings + a growing pipeline of newer-construction infill + mixed-income units. The buyer pool is real: cash-flow + cap-rate-focused investors (cap rates work meaningfully above Miami-Dade averages), first-time-buyer professionals priced out of Wynwood + Design District + Edgewater, and institutional buyers tracking Liberty Square Rising adjacency value.
The Liberty City markets
- 1940s-1960s bungalows + concrete-block ranches — the foundational stock, $260-450K.
- Restored single-family + better-block historic homes — preservation-conscious tier, $350-575K.
- 1970s-1990s small apartment + duplex inventory — investor + small-multifamily, $300-700K.
- Newer infill townhomes + small condos (Liberty Square Rising + redevelopment-corridor periphery) — $300-550K.
- Mixed-income + Liberty Square Rising new-construction — emerging tier, $250-500K depending on income-restriction tier.
- Rentals — extensive medical-district-overflow rental pool. Single-family $1,800-$3,000; apartments $1,200-$2,000.
Live Liberty City inventory
Every listing priced in dollars AND Bitcoin. Note: Liberty City is in Miami-Dade unincorporated + partly within City of Miami; we filter by zip codes 33147 + 33142 to surface Liberty City + adjacent Brownsville + Model City inventory.
🏡 Liberty City Single-Family Homes — bungalows + concrete-block
3-4 BR single-family — the 1940s-60s small-house stock that defines Liberty City residential.
🏛️ Liberty City Larger + Restored Single-Family
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🏘️ Liberty City Townhomes
Newer infill townhomes — Liberty Square Rising periphery + redevelopment-corridor tier.
🏬 Liberty City Starter Inventory
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Liberty City rentals
🏡 Liberty City Single-Family Rentals
$2,000-$3,500/mo. Single-family + townhome rentals — medical-district + professional tier.
🏬 Liberty City Standard Rentals
Under $2,000/mo. Apartments + 1BR units — the Wynwood-overflow rental pool.
The places that make Liberty City, Liberty City
Liberty Square + The Pork ‘n’ Beans + Liberty Square Rising
NW 62nd Street + NW 14th Avenue. The original Liberty Square public housing complex — completed 1937 as the first major federally-funded public housing project in the Southeastern United States under Roosevelt’s New Deal — covered roughly 25 acres + housed ~700 families across its original buildings. The orange-and-brown color scheme of the original 1937 buildings is the source of the affectionate community-name nickname “the Pork ‘n’ Beans” — referenced throughout Liberty City hip-hop, oral history, and community vernacular. Liberty Square Rising — the HOPE VI / Choice Neighborhoods Initiative redevelopment launched 2016 — is replacing the original buildings with ~1,900 mixed-income housing units, retail, services, and community programming under a Community Benefits Agreement that includes right-of-return for original residents, affordable-housing set-asides, and hiring + procurement preferences. The redevelopment is phased through the 2020s + actively contested — the right-of-return + density + cultural-preservation conversations are live.
Hadley Park + the Hadley Park Library + Charles Hadley legacy
1300 NW 50th Street. Hadley Park — named for Charles Hadley, a Liberty City civic leader + early community advocate — is one of the oldest + largest community parks in Miami. Football fields, basketball courts, soccer fields, community center, the Charles Hadley Memorial Library (Miami-Dade Public Library branch). The park is the every-Saturday-morning gathering point for Liberty City youth sports + community programming. African Square Park (NW 62nd Street + NW 12th Avenue) anchors the central Liberty City community gathering space. Athalie Range Park is among the additional community-anchor parks. The parks are the everyday civic infrastructure of Liberty City.
Miami Northwestern Senior High School + The Bulls
1100 NW 71st Street. Miami Northwestern Senior High School — “The Bulls” — is one of the most-decorated high school football programs in Florida history with multiple state championships. NFL alumni include Antonio Brown, Lavonte David, Devonta Freeman, Teddy Bridgewater, Duke Johnson, and many others. The Bulls’ Friday-night football tradition + the Northwestern alumni network + the school’s civic identity are woven into Liberty City pride. The school operates magnet programs in academic + performing arts + sports + culinary, and its position in the community is much larger than its public-school designation suggests.
Moonlight + Tarell Alvin McCraney + Barry Jenkins + Liberty City hip-hop
Multiple Liberty City locations. Tarell Alvin McCraney — Liberty City native, MacArthur Genius Grant (2013), Yale-trained playwright, current Chair of the Yale Drama School — wrote the autobiographical play rooted in his childhood here. Barry Jenkins — also Miami-raised — adapted the play into Moonlight (2016), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture + Best Adapted Screenplay + Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). The film is set + partially filmed in Liberty City; specific locations including Virginia Key Beach (where the iconic ocean scene was filmed) + multiple Liberty City exteriors are part of the cinematic geography. Trick Daddy (Maurice Young) + Trina (Katrina Taylor) — the defining Miami hip-hop artists of the 2000s-2010s — both grew up in Liberty City + reference the Pork ‘n’ Beans + NW 7th Avenue + Hadley Park throughout their catalogues.
NW 7th Avenue corridor + Liberty City Optimist Club + community institutions
NW 7th Avenue + surrounding blocks. The NW 7th Avenue corridor is the historic commercial spine of Liberty City — restaurants, barbershops, beauty salons, bodegas, churches, civic offices, the Liberty City Optimist Club + community organizations. The Liberty City Optimist Club (founded 1953) anchors Liberty City youth athletic + character-development programming + remains one of the largest Optimist-affiliated youth-service organizations in the country. The Belafonte TACOLCY Center (named for entertainer Harry Belafonte’s youth programming) + the Liberty City Trust (the community-development corporation) + the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center are additional community-anchor institutions. Together they form the everyday Liberty City civic + cultural infrastructure.
Living in Liberty City
Schools
- Miami Northwestern Senior High School — district public, the historic + magnet (academic, performing arts, sports, culinary) high school. “The Bulls.”
- Miami Jackson Senior High School — district public, adjacent high school.
- Charles R. Drew K-8 Center — district public.
- Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center, Liberty City Elementary, Earlington Heights Elementary — district public.
- Brownsville Middle + Madison Middle — district public.
- Mater Academy + Doral Academy + Somerset Academy + Liberty City Charter School — charter networks.
- Multiple Catholic + Christian + community-based private options.
- For academic magnets families apply to MAST Academy, TERRA Environmental, School for Advanced Studies, Design + Architecture Senior High.
Getting around
- NW 7th Avenue — historic commercial spine + primary north-south.
- NW 12th + 17th + 22nd Avenues — additional north-south arteries.
- NW 54th Street + NW 62nd Street + NW 79th Street — main east-west connectors.
- I-95 — eastern boundary, immediate access ramps.
- Florida Turnpike + Palmetto Expressway — additional regional connectors.
- Brownsville Metrorail station + Earlington Heights Metrorail station — direct rail to Downtown Miami + Brickell + Civic Center + the Health District.
- Downtown 12-15 min · Brickell 15 min · Wynwood 8-10 min · Design District 10 min · Miami Beach 20 min · MIA 12 min · Jackson Memorial + UM Medical 10 min via Metrorail.
Liberty City 2026 market: what we’re watching
- Liberty Square Rising HOPE VI / Choice Neighborhoods phased buildout. The redevelopment of the original 1937 Liberty Square complex is the largest single redevelopment project in Liberty City history — phased through the 2020s, delivering ~1,900 mixed-income housing units, retail, services, and community-program space. Each phase delivery resets adjacent-block pricing. Right-of-return enforcement + Community Benefits Agreement compliance are the social-license conditions; these are actively monitored by community organizations + worth tracking as buyer + investor diligence.
- Brownsville + Earlington Heights Metrorail TOD potential. The two Metrorail stations on Liberty City’s eastern edge are the existing transit infrastructure for transit-oriented development. Miami-Dade County + the City of Miami are engaged in TOD-zoning + planning conversations that could unlock significant density + employment-corridor connectivity. Long-arc institutional buyers track TOD-adjacent acquisition + hold thesis.
- Wynwood + Design District + Edgewater-spillover pressure on eastern edge. As Wynwood + Design District + Edgewater pricing pushes east-of-I-95 buyers westward across the highway, the Liberty City eastern-edge corridor captures meaningful spillover. The buyer-pool expansion + community-context navigation are the central dynamics.
- CRA + Liberty City Trust + community-benefits enforcement. The Miami-Dade County + City of Miami CRA tools + the Liberty City Trust + community-development infrastructure provide the policy + civic mechanisms for shaping redevelopment. Affordability set-aside enforcement, anti-displacement protections, and right-of-return compliance are active areas of community advocacy + worth tracking.
- Cash-flow investor cap rates vs preservation tension. Investor cap rates work meaningfully better than Wynwood, Design District, or even Overtown; institutional + out-of-state cash-flow buyers are active. The community-preservation response is well-organized + includes both legal advocacy + civic activism. Buyers + investors should understand the community context + engage respectfully + transparently. The most successful market participants recognize Liberty City’s cultural-heritage value as part of the asset thesis, not separate from it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Liberty City safe?
Block-by-block, with meaningful variability. Liberty City has faced real + sustained public-safety challenges driven by historical disinvestment + economic conditions; the neighborhood’s reputation in broader Miami-Dade reflects this. Recent investments — Liberty Square Rising redevelopment, Brownsville + Earlington Heights Metrorail station-area improvements, Miami-Dade County + City of Miami CRA-led infrastructure + public-safety programming — have improved many specific areas + corridors. Crime trends are improving but vary significantly block-to-block. Pull crime overlays for any specific address + drive the actual streets in person at multiple times of day + week before any offer. The Liberty Square Rising-redeveloped zones + Metrorail-station-adjacent + Northwestern High-area + church-anchored corridors tend to be more stable.
What is the Pork ‘n’ Beans + Liberty Square Rising?
The Pork ‘n’ Beans is the community-vernacular nickname for the original 1937 Liberty Square public housing complex — derived from the orange-and-brown color scheme of the original buildings. Liberty Square was the first major federally-funded public housing development in the Southeastern United States, built under Roosevelt’s New Deal. Liberty Square Rising is the HOPE VI / Choice Neighborhoods Initiative redevelopment launched 2016 — replacing the original buildings with ~1,900 mixed-income housing units, retail, services, and community-program space under a Community Benefits Agreement (right-of-return, affordable set-asides, hiring + procurement). The redevelopment is phased through the 2020s + actively contested by community advocacy.
What’s the Moonlight connection?
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney grew up in Liberty City. His autobiographical play became the source material for Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins (also Miami-raised). The film won three Academy Awards including Best Picture + Best Adapted Screenplay (McCraney + Jenkins) + Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). The film is set + partially filmed in Liberty City; multiple specific Liberty City locations + Virginia Key Beach (the iconic ocean scene) are part of the cinematic geography. The film’s cultural impact has measurably increased awareness of Liberty City’s identity + history in international + national audiences.
Is Liberty City a good first-time-buyer market?
Yes — meaningful and historically underrated. $260-450K gets a real small bungalow or starter single-family in a walking-distance-to-Metrorail + Wynwood/Design District-overflow-adjacent + medical-district-Metrorail-accessible neighborhood with extraordinary cultural heritage. The trade-off: older housing stock, variable block-by-block condition, historical disinvestment realities, and a community context that asks buyers to engage thoughtfully + respectfully. For first-time buyers + investors who value cultural depth + value pricing + Liberty Square Rising adjacency-appreciation thesis, hard to beat. The community + the Trust + civic organizations welcome buyers who engage respectfully.
Schools serving Liberty City?
District public: Charles R. Drew K-8, Lillie C. Evans K-8, Liberty City Elementary, Earlington Heights Elementary, Brownsville + Madison Middle, Miami Northwestern Senior High (the historic high school + magnet, “The Bulls”), Miami Jackson Senior High. Charter: Mater + Doral + Somerset Academy networks + Liberty City Charter School. Private: multiple Catholic + Christian + community-based options. Magnets: MAST, TERRA, School for Advanced Studies, Design + Architecture Senior High.
Can I buy a Liberty City property with Bitcoin?
Yes. Title companies in the Wynwood + Design District + Downtown corridor that work Liberty City addresses are experienced with BTC closings at all price points including entry-tier. BTC pricing displayed on every listing.
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What the numbers say about living in Liberty City
Each figure below is live from MIAMI MLS active inventory + FEMA flood data — nothing illustrative.
Flood reality
About 7% of active for-sale homes here are mapped in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. Confirm a specific home's zone, elevation and insurance before you buy.
What you'll pay
Median asking price is $622,500 (about $389/sq ft) — -22% vs MCR median.
What's available
Single Family Residence is the most common home type among the 278 homes for sale right now.
Renting here
Median asking rent is $2,600/month across 91 active rentals — useful if you're weighing rent vs. buy.
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